Carrots and turnips — Yield in Iraq
Iraq: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 8,059 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Iraq, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — yield in Iraq stood at 8,059 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Iraq peaked at 16,936 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 5,802 kg/ha, in 1961.
Iraq ranks 121st of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,802 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,315 kg/ha | +95.0% |
| 1963 | 13,947 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1964 | 8,887 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1965 | 12,324 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1966 | 11,073 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 10,970 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 10,328 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 14,864 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1970 | 10,181 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1971 | 12,268 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 10,227 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1973 | 10,597 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 11,144 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 8,454 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1976 | 11,225 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1977 | 10,875 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 10,717 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 11,102 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 9,548 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1981 | 10,769 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 11,097 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 12,500 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 16,936 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 15,822 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 12,737 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1987 | 9,300 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1988 | 11,680 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1989 | 9,263 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 11,628 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1991 | 10,533 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 10,526 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 10,500 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 10,526 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 10,600 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 10,510 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9,540 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 8,696 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 6,842 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2002 | 6,778 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 11,200 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 2004 | 10,182 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 10,769 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 11,000 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 11,181 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 11,847 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 13,209 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 12,706 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 11,903 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 15,413 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2013 | 13,130 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 12,049 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 11,151 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 6,240 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 2017 | 6,635 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 6,565 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 8,493 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2020 | 7,579 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 6,127 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2022 | 9,304 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 2023 | 7,858 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 8,059 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 8,059 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,856 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 8,059 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,774 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Yield in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +95.0% | 5,802 kg/ha | 11,315 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,057 kg/ha | 5,802 kg/ha | 14,864 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,679 kg/ha | 8,454 kg/ha | 12,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,965 kg/ha | 9,263 kg/ha | 16,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,436 kg/ha | 9,540 kg/ha | 11,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,170 kg/ha | 6,778 kg/ha | 13,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,428 kg/ha | 6,240 kg/ha | 15,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,786 kg/ha | 6,127 kg/ha | 9,304 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 118 Yugoslav SFR 8,399 kg/ha compare
- 119 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,369 kg/ha compare
- 120 Serbia and Montenegro 8,336 kg/ha compare
- 122 Senegal 8,038 kg/ha compare
- 123 Sao Tome and Principe 6,656 kg/ha compare
- 124 Congo 6,358 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — yield in Iraq?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Iraq was 8,059 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 16,936 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,802 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Iraq rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Iraq ranks 121st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.